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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.39% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index gained 3.06%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 3.95%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Raytheon Technologies Corp (NYSE:RTX), which rose 5.24% or 3.24 points to trade at 65.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) added 5.15% or 2.27 points to end at 46.38 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 5.05% or 13.80 points to 287.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which fell 4.30% or 6.33 points to trade at 141.00 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) declined 2.74% or 2.69 points to end at 95.50 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was down 2.15% or 1.94 points to 88.39.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) which rose 13.40% to 37.84, Capri Holdings Ltd (NYSE:CPRI) which was up 10.59% to settle at 14.41 and Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which gained 8.78% to close at 12.51.
The worst performers were Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) which was down 6.18% to 9.11 in late trade, Comerica Inc (NYSE:CMA) which lost 5.77% to settle at 30.89 and Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) which was down 5.15% to 10.12 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Obalon Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:OBLN) which rose 139.71% to 1.630, Chanticleer Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:SONN) which was up 61.74% to settle at 7.9900 and Rewalk Robotics Ltd (NASDAQ:RWLK) which gained 60.97% to close at 1.020.
The worst performers were Gemphire Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:NRBO) which was down 43.27% to 16.70 in late trade, Alliance MMA Inc (NASDAQ:WORX) which lost 29.70% to settle at 8.450 and Town Sports International Holdings (NASDAQ:CLUB) which was down 27.10% to 0.350 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2146 to 768 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1878 rose and 798 declined, while 65 ended unchanged.
Shares in Town Sports International Holdings (NASDAQ:CLUB) fell to all time lows; losing 27.10% or 0.130 to 0.350.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 8.28% to 37.76 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.32% or 5.60 to $1755.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 7.63% or 1.71 to hit $20.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.04 to trade at $30.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.0986, while USD/JPY rose 0.00% to 107.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 98.862.
